I have struggled with coming up with a Father’s Day gift for my dad this year.

I grew up in a small, midwestern town in the sixties where life was simple and for fifty cents I could go to the corner drug store and buy Dad a bottle of after shave lotion.

Now, many years later with children and grandchildren of my own, I can’t come up with a gift suitable for a man who has sacrificed and served his family for most of his adult life.

He is battling many health issues and is unable to do many of the things that he once enjoyed so much.

This blog then is my feeble attempt to honor and pay tribute to a man who asks for little but deserves so much more than I could possibly give.

In 1949 at the age of sixteen, Lynn Cuddy enlisted in the United States Army where his plans for travel and adventure would soon come to fruition.

The only cruise Dad ever took was back in 1951 when he boarded a troop transport ship enroute to Japan. He spent nine months in Japan for advanced training followed by nine months in Korea in combat as an infantryman.

Dad never talked too much about his war experiences, but I know that they made a lasting impression on him.

I salute you, Dad. Thank you for your service and sacrifice to your country and to your family.

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